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Library Staff UpdateWednesday, April 16, 2008DC Conference Room
Grow @ Your Library
Spring
Growing...As a theme and a purpose
• Accomplishments• Current projects• Future directions
Library Video Contest
3rd place video
Accomplishments
• Campaign Waterloo – raised close to $7 M
Accomplishments• Constructed the RBC
Information Commons and the new look of the Davis main floor
• Created the Sims Silent Study area in Davis and added new study carrels and chairs
Accomplishments• Provided new public
and staff workstations in all locations
• Renovated the 3rd floor of Porter including replacing all study carrels and creating the Betty Sims Reading Room
Accomplishments
• Created the Musagetes Library
Accomplishments
• Installed an RFID and Collection Management System in both Davis and Porter
And we took some time to celebrate
Accomplishments
• Equipped the Adaptive Technology Centre with new furnishings and equipment
• Enhanced accessibility by retrofitting the Porter public elevators and beginning to replace range end signs
• Installed glass display cabinets in the entrance to Special Collections
Accomplishments
• Kresge Challenge – received the largest grant ever awarded to a Canadian Library
Your accomplishments…
• Have allowed us to grow• And provide campus-wide benefits• For years to come• Despite it being a period of ongoing annual
cuts
2nd place video
Dana Porter Main Floor Renovations
1st place video
What’s ahead...
• UW Financial Situation• Staffing• Acquisitions Budget• Sixth Decade Plans
Financial situation
• Operating budget– Annual cuts– One-time only (OTO) supplements
• Acquisitions budget– OTO– Base budget
• Fund raising– Growing differently
Budget cuts
• 2001/02: 3.5%• 2002/03: 2%• 2003/04: 2%• 2004/05: 2%• 2005/06: 1%• 2006/07: 1.5%• 2007/08: 2%• 2008/09: 2%• 2009/10: 3 – 3.5%???
OTO supplements
• “Matching” dollars– 3M RFID initiative– IBM workstations & servers– Porter renovation health & safety requirements
• Leveraging our dollars through partnerships
New appointments
• 2005-2006– Jennifer Haas, Alison Hitchens, Tim Ireland, Maria Reinhard
• 2006-2007– Allan Bell, Zsuzsanna Lancsak, Stef Voichita, Liz Wehner
• 2007-2008– Nancy Collins, Linda Finn, Leeanne Romane, Jonathan
Sutherland, Carolyn Vincent– Debbie Loney (Apr 21), Kathy MacDonald (May 5)– Sunanda Brouwer, Gladys Torres, Christine Reilly, Yi-Mei
Wang, Elzbieta Kucharska
Acquisitions Budgets
• OTO supplements• Annual “OTO ongoing” supplement• Increase to base in 2007/08 and 2008/09• Fluctuations in the Canadian currency• Leveraging our dollars– Latest CRKN CFI Humanities & Social Sciences• $350,000 worth of e-resources for $75,000• i.e. > $1 million for $225,000 over three years
UW’s 6th Decade Plans
A strong and vibrant library is a vital component of an excellent teaching and research intensive university. The UW Library will continue to foster and be a model of collaboration, connectedness, and partnerships.
Sixth Decade Plans
• We will concentrate our efforts on three key themes:
1) Student experience2) Space3) E-initiatives
UW Executive Committee
• Several working groups established last fall:– Space– Online learning– Student engagement
Three themes
• Student experience– Engaging with students in the libraries and in the
faculties – “Commons” areas
• Space– Porter renovations– Davis lab– A major campus issue
Three themes – cont’d.
• E-Initiatives– Verde– Primo– Electronic theses• UW-Space
– Pre-print server pilot– E-content, e.g. latest CRKN CFI Humanities &
Social Sciences
Growing in different ways
• Sustaining and nurturing what we have done to date
• Seeding new initiatives and pilot projects• Leveraging growth opportunities as they arise
Questions?
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